European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday july 29, 1990 the stars and stripes Kmic knocks off saudi Arabia Francisco $ 2-run shot beats 6-time Champion a. Non  Byro Staggenborg staff writer Ramstein a West Germany a Jeremy Francisco delivered the shot heard round the world. The world a or at least 11 countries from it a was gathered Here As the european Little league championships kicked off saturday. A Francisco belted the game Winner in the Bottom of the sixth to Lead the Kaiserslautern military Community to a 31 Victory Over six time european Champi on saudi Arabia. Francisco lifted a Joshua Chen pitch Over the Center Field Fence driving in James Lowry to give Kmic the Victory and saudi its first loss in the european championships in More than two years. Saudi went undefeated in last years tournament to earn the trip to the Little league world series in Williamsport a. It was the lightly regarded Kmic team which got the head Start on a Williamsport berth. Francisco tossed a four hitter and chalked up 13 strikeouts for the win. Chen allowed five hits and fanned seven in his route going performance. Saudi tied the contest in the top of the fifth inning when Michael Raal zipped european Little liner into left Field to score David Hatchett saudi s Only returnee from last year s Williamsport team. Raal advanced to second on an errant throw on the play and took third on a passed Ball but was stranded when Francisco retired the next Batter. Francisco escaped a possibly disastrous sixth aided by some excellent defensive plays. Francisco answered in the Bottom of the Frame ripping the game Winner. A it was an inside pitch kind of like a screwball a Francisco said of Chen a delivery. A i waited for it and just swung. I was hoping for a Home run but i did no to see where it went. When i heard everybody screaming i knew it went  Kmic took a 1-0 Lead in the first when Trevor Clayford scored on a passed Ball. From there it turned into the tale of two  a Francisco working with a Battery of curves and fastballs and Chen working mostly with Jun balls and a dazzling curve. Germany 4, Spain 3 Mike Griego fanned 13 in route to two hitting Spain As Germany earned the Victory. Germany represented by players from the Saarland Little league jumped out to a 2-0 Lead when Genego slammed a rib triple and came Home on a wild throw in the second inning Spain answered with a run in each of the fourth fifth and sixth innings. Germany added a pair in the fifth for the Victory. Griego went 2 for 3 to Lead Germany a hitters. Norris Gaithers had both of Spain a hits. A my was bothering me towards the end of the game but i did no to care about it Quot Griego said. A i had Confidence in my team. I knew i had to pitch my  in saturdays other action Belgium 7, Poland 2 a run in the fifth inning and a four run sixth inning pushed Belgium past the debuting polish team winning Pitcher Kevin desc surrendered Only five hits and evened out in the walk and strikeout department tossing nine of each while Belgium s Rob Lampe cracked three hits and drove in three runs. Poland hurler Jachimik Lukasz held Belgium to seven hits while giving up six free passes and striking out nine. Norway 9, Jordan 8 Norway overcame a two run deficit in the Bottom of the sixth As Jason Borgert tossed a seven hitter and backed up his pitching by driving in three runs. Norway a Aaron do mesh went 3 for 4 with a triple. Jordan Pitcher Troy Gustafson gave up seven nits walked eight and struck out four while Jonathan Hart stoked the offence with two hits and an rib. On the base paths a the six team pools were drawn at random Friday night. In Pool a Are Kmic saudi Arabia Belgium Israel Poland and Italy. In Pool b Are Spain Germany Jordan Norway the United kingdom and Czechoslovakia. The top two teams from each Pool Advance to a playoff to determine the Champion. With Kmic Belgium and saudi in Pool a one of the traditional top teams will not Advance past the first round said european Little league i. R a a w a he said Carpl Rector Gary Marullo. A each of those ii teams will i count ave to make All their games sundays games include Spain taking on Norway at 10 a.m., Kmic Meetin Belgium at 11 a.m., saudi against israe at i ., Poland is Italy at 2 ., Germany Czechoslovakia at 4 ., and Jordan United kingdom at 5 Mainz romps past Stuttgart in finals opener by Walt Morrissette staff writer Mainz West Germany a Mainz Pitcher Chris Smith out dulled Stuttgart righty Jerry Nelson in saturdays game 1 of the Tele 5 German american baseball league Quot world  it was Nelson who gave Way in the intense 90-degree neat. Nelson doubles As Stuttgart s cleanup hitter Smith had a designated hitter. Smith rested in a shaded dugout while Mainz batted around in the fifth and sixth innings. Bill Dickman had four Bis and three hits and Rick Serrano went 4-for-5 and slugged a two run Homer Foreman american baseball Mainz in the eighth to Lead Mainz 18-hit attack in the rangers 13-5 Victory. L Littlejohn added three hits for the rangers who won the a a Northern division. Scott Smith led Stuttgart the Southern division champs with two hits and two runs scored. Smith threw a seven hitter striking out four. Nelson 171 six innings giving up All 13 runs and 17 hits. He yielded to Jimmy Hoffman after giving up Serrano s Homer. Hoffman got the last two outs Utcher Baldo Espada helped out Smith by gunning two runners at second base a Roger Olney in the tilth and Hal Nunn in the  Stuttgart a 4-1 Lead with five runs in me tilth three in the sixth and another in the seventh. With one out in the fifth rangers first baseman Ana manager Angel Vasquez grounded to shortstop n it whose throw eluded first baseman my \ Adja. Vasquez went to second on the throw and scored on Littlejohns single up the Middle making it Littlejohn went to third on Greg Wolfgang a single ,. An f Wolfgang advanced to second on the throw to mind. Bill Dickman hit a High fastball to left for a two Cun single to tie it 4-4,  scored on Esparza a single for a 5-4 Mainz cad. Rick Serrano followed with a Texas league single o Nunt. Both runners advanced on Nelsons balk and Short Asp drove an Esparza with a ground out to Vasquez and Dickman added rib singles in the the 90-degree-plus heat wore Down both teams. A amps gut amp chum Tel a Stuttgart a Roger Olney scores on Jerry Nelsons sacrifice Fly As Mainz Catcher Baldo Espada awaits the throw. Sixth. Littlejohn smacked another double in the sixth and scored on Dickmann shit. Reese Beny singled and scored in both the sixth and seventh innings. Mainz Drew first blood when Berry led off the rangers first with a ground Rule double into the right Field Comer. Wolfgang drove him in with a two out single. Stuttgart came Back with three straight unearned runs. Scott Smith hit a one out double in the third stole third and scored when Esparza s throw sailed past Mainz third baseman Kenny Guasp. Olney led off the Stuttgart fourth by reaching on Guasps error stealing second advancing to third on an error and scoring on Nelsons sacrifice Fly. Nunn reached base in the fifth on Guasps second error and later scored on Scott Smiths single. Scott Smith stole third again but this time the Ball hit him in the Back and rolled into foul territory. Smith broke for Home and Slid under Esparza Stag for Stuttgart a 41 Lead. A we practice in the evenings Quot a drenched Vasquez said. A it s not hot like  both starters had been relatively Strong. But was Nelson who tired first during the five run fifth when Mainz broke the game open. Quot he was throwing fastballs the whole game a Vasquez said. A this curve Wasny to working for him. In this heat he a lost a lot of Speed off his fastball by now the fifth inning a plus we re Contact  although Nelson seemed to be tired in the heat after giving up nine runs in the fifth sixth and seventh innings be still wanted to finish the game. A a in be pitched longer than this a Nelson said. A the s Stuttgart manager Charlie Wilbur never taken me out of a game this year. Well just save it our pitching staff until tomorrow. Quot give Mainz credit. They re not hitting the Ball terribly hard. They re just putting it in play and letting us make the mistakes. Stuttgart hosts game 2 and game 3, if necessary sunday starting at 1  At Nellinger Barracks